Daegu City Wins 'Minister of the Interior and Safety Award' at Low Birthrate Response Best Practice Competition

Awarded the Minister of the Interior and Safety Prize at the Excellent Case Competition for Low Birthrate Response (Photo by Daegu City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Young-wook] On the 30th, Daegu City announced on the 31st that it secured a special grant of 60 million won along with the Minister of the Interior and Safety Award for 3rd place nationwide at the '2020 Local Governments' Excellent Cases Competition for Low Birthrate Response' held at the Government Sejong Convention Center.

Hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, this competition is a venue to share and spread excellent cases of overcoming low birthrate by local governments. This is the 5th year of the event, with 52 local governments nationwide participating.

Daegu City's submission to this competition, the 'Zero COVID-19 Care Gap! Daegu Dandi Care Project,' received high praise for proactively blocking care gaps and infection spread caused by COVID-19, resolving blind spots, and normalizing the childcare environment.

Kang Myung-sook, Director of the Women's and Youth Education Bureau of Daegu City, said, "The evaluation of Daegu City's care policy during the COVID-19 situation as an excellent policy is a significant achievement made together with the citizens of Daegu," adding, "We will continue to do our best to make Daegu a good city to raise children."

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